
SCALER POD 07 ft. Akash Saxena, CTO, Hotstar | Cricket, Managing Scale and Future of OTT Platforms
Scaler Pod - The Software Engineer's Podcast
Adaptation to the Network Condition
The adaptation is the adaptation to the network condition. You basically say that, you know, how much buffer do I need to fill before I start streaming? Which is where the start lag shows up. Deciding when to jump up is important. So we spent a lot of time sort of actually being efficient on encoding the video. How many bits are you really sending? That also matters. And then live sports again, youknow, fast moving action. So lots of things are changing. It's always helpful because it knows that even though you saw a clear ramp below over the crest, it's a jam. Right.
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